Halfbeak Half"beak` (h[aum]f"b[=e]k), n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any slender, marine fish of the genus {Hemirhamphus}, or of
the family {Hemiramphidae}, having an elongatedprotruding
lower jaw; -- called also {balahoo}.
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